Lost In Italy by Stacey Joy Netzel

Author:Stacey Joy Netzel [Netzel, Stacey Joy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Stacey Joy Netzel
Published: 2011-09-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Simone.”

Careful not to make a sudden movement, Trent stepped forward and maneuvered Halli behind him. She resisted. Teeth clamped hard in frustration, he tried to push her back with one hand while extending the other toward Simone and the gun. Tears filled the Italian woman’s eyes and streaked down her face.

“Bastardo! How dare you come here and ask for my help after what you did,” she accused.

Lorenzo. She could be talking about nothing else. Now he recognized the grief mixed with her anger. “I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you right away, I just didn’t want it to be a shock. If you put down the gun, we can talk about this.”

“I will talk to you about nothing.”

“Simone, per favore…put the gun away.”

“So you can kill me, too? I do not think so.”

“What?”

“He considered you his friend. How could you?” Her voice broke at the end.

“What are you talking about?” The confused question came from Halli. “Trent didn’t do anything.”

“Si!” Simone yelled with a jerk of the gun. “He shot my Renzo. Do not deny it—la polizia came to the ospedale as I retrieved supplies. They are searching for you right now. After that shooting at the United States Consulate, they know you are armed.”

Halli’s fingers gripped Trent’s forearm as she gave a soft gasp beside him. “You told them about us?”

“No. I do not get my justice if I reveal your location,” Simone said. “This way, I am defending myself from assassino.”

Trent eyed the gun, wondering where she’d gotten it, if it was loaded, and did she really know how to use it? Knowing Lorenzo, the answer to the last two parts was yes. Next question—would she use it? He prayed that answer was no, but grief did strange things to a person and if he was wrong, a sudden move could prove fatal. He wasn’t willing to risk it with Halli at his side.

“I didn’t shoot Lorenzo, Simone—”

She gave a wild shake of her head. Her hand trembled even more than before. “They found him in your swimming pool. They want to ask you questions about his death. But I see your arm. He shot you when you betrayed him, did he not? I ask you why? What did he do to you?”

“I swear to you, I did not betray him. He was my friend. He was helping me—”

“And for this, you murder him?”

“No! Do you really think I’d come here if I’d killed him?”

“Simone—”

Halli’s plea was cut short by the ring of the cell phone in Trent’s pocket. He stiffened, his gaze slicing to Halli’s. Lapaglia calling back about Ben. Returning his focus to Simone, he reached for the phone.

“No,” Simone ordered.

“He has to answer it,” Halli argued.

The phone rang again. Trent slid his hand into his pocket. “The men who killed Lorenzo have Halli’s brother. We have a video that proves they shot him, not me. They’re setting me up.”

“Basta! Stop lying to me.”

“They’ll kill my brother if you don’t let him answer.” Halli took a step forward, but halted when Simone’s hand wavered in her direction.

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